Hermana Brayton: The Happiest Place on Earth

October 12, 2020

¡hola y'all!!!

How is everyone doingggg this week?? Espero que so good!! Okay this week was actually such a blast and half. It was Hermana Nitta's BDAY so ya saben we had a good ole time:) We drove down to the Newport Beach temple (the HAPPIEST place on earth) so that we could video call our best amigo Atenco and show him how beautiful it is and how truly strongly you can feel the spirit there (even through technology)! But, sad days, he didn't answer:'(( but it's okay bc we just got to walk around a little bit and we met the coolest man ever. His name is Hermano Pimienta, and he's an actual super missionary. He asked us for 8 Libros de Mormón to give to some of his coworkers, and in return he gave us each a piece of marble from inside the temple (bc they were doing renovations and stuff)! He's a homie now and we love him and we love the temple.

Also this week we went to church again and Facundo came with us!!!!! It took us a while to find him so we could walk with him into the chapel hahah but we did and it was the best ever. He liked it a lot, even though sometimes it makes me un poquito sad that it's so so different from pre-covid church. Like I miss singing the hymns and hearing more talks and being able to talk with a bunch of people after. But it's still so good, and Facundo loved it and wants to come next week too!

In my scripture studies this week, I finished the Book of Mormon again!! And can I just say, those last few chapters in Moroni and SO good. Wow. Like honestly I don't even know what all to say to try and summarize them bc there's just so so much good stuff, so y'all should for surely read that and I would LOVE to talk more about it with you. But I'll just share the third to last verse in the whole Book of Mormon, which is Moroni 10:32, that says, "Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God." I LOVE THAT. Get rid of all the things in your life that are keeping you from feeling God's love, and then love God with every part of your soul, everything that you are, and His grace will encircle you and lift you to eternal life and to eternal perfection. I know from the bottom of my heart that that is true.

Well I hope y'all know how grateful I am for each of you, and I hope you each know how infinite God's love is for you. He wants us to be happy, and I promise if you read the Book of Mormon and even just drive to look at the outside of a temple, you will feel a piece of the eternal happiness He has in store for you. Les amo!!!

Con amor,

Hermana Brayton 😊